Special Diets Cannot Be Ignored By Culinary Schools
by Fran Walker
fran.walker@chefschoolreview.com
Chef School Review Columnist
Culinary schools offer a range of specialties. After culinary training, you can also choose from a huge range of culinary jobs at restaurants, bakeries or food manufacturers. As more and more people choose or are forced to avoid certain foods, this is a market that cannot be ignored during your culinary training. It is also an opportunity for culinary school graduates to make a real difference in future culinary jobs.
I taught myself to cook as a teenager when I became vegetarian. While the vegetarianism barely outlived my twenties, my love of cooking remained. It is fortunate too, because my son is allergic to shellfish and peanuts and, as things stand now, he won't be going out for any Chinese food!
While my son's allergy is a pain for him and a great worry to my family, the positive result has been a home-cooked meal on the table nearly every night. I am lucky enough to work from home, but I still find this a struggle. For those people who work full time and have special dietary requirements, it must be incredibly difficult to eat in or eat out conveniently, healthily, safely and with any kind of variety. This is a serious issue that those working in both culinary training and culinary consultancy jobs should be trying to address.
Examples of Special Dietary Requirements You May Face in Culinary Jobs
fran.walker@chefschoolreview.com
Chef School Review Columnist
Culinary schools offer a range of specialties. After culinary training, you can also choose from a huge range of culinary jobs at restaurants, bakeries or food manufacturers. As more and more people choose or are forced to avoid certain foods, this is a market that cannot be ignored during your culinary training. It is also an opportunity for culinary school graduates to make a real difference in future culinary jobs.
Culinary Training - Learning to Make the Best if it
A great deal of excellent cooking has come out of adversity. Chinese food springs from a historical deficiency of fuel. A fabulous range of quality vegetarian food emerged due to a rise in non meat-eaters. Culinary training has meant everyday improvements to ordinary lives.
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While my son's allergy is a pain for him and a great worry to my family, the positive result has been a home-cooked meal on the table nearly every night. I am lucky enough to work from home, but I still find this a struggle. For those people who work full time and have special dietary requirements, it must be incredibly difficult to eat in or eat out conveniently, healthily, safely and with any kind of variety. This is a serious issue that those working in both culinary training and culinary consultancy jobs should be trying to address.
Examples of Special Dietary Requirements You May Face in Culinary Jobs
- Serious food allergies to nuts, peanuts, shellfish, eggs and dairy
- Food intolerances such as gluten and dairy
- Vegan or vegetarian diets
- Fat free diets
- Low or no-carb diets
About the Author
Fran Walker is a freelance writer, editor and researcher specializing in educational, health, safety and domestic issues. Previously, she spent five years in marketing in the self-help, health and health and safety sectors before leaving to start a family. She now edits and writes content for the U.K. Health and Safety Executive. Fran graduated in 1993 with a degree in English LiteraturePosted on May 23, 2005 at 8:17 PM
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